Next generation management development : the complete guide and resource

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Title:

Next generation management development : the complete guide and resource

Author:

Cecil, Robert D., 1941-

ISBN:

9780787982713

Personal Author:

Cecil, Robert D., 1941-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, c2007.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 489 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Series:

Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals.

Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals

Series Title:

Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals.

General Note:

"An essential knowledge resource"--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

1. Preview of the book's next generation MD/OD project -- 2. Initial perspectives on management functions and processes -- 3. The analysis phase -- 4. Planning phase functions -- 5. Decision making -- 6. Implementation functions of management -- 7. Managing time -- 8. Managerial and leadership styles -- 9. Major nonpersonal influences on managerial behavior -- 10. Personal influences on managerial behavior -- 11. Unifying "one best style" and contingency or situational theories -- 12. Summary of socio-technical influences and the implications for a synergistic MD/OD project -- 13. Improving individual problem solving and decision making -- 14. Perspectives on interpersonal relations -- 15. Effective communication -- 16. Guiding and participating in team think-work processes -- 17. Better individual and organizational learning -- 18. The unified practice of management model and its implications for developing more effective organizations.

App. Basic descriptions of major management gurus' concepts.

Subject Term:

Executives -- Training of.

Management -- Study and teaching.

Added Author:

Rothwell, William J., 1951-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006029131.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2006029131-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2006029131-d.html

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Summary

This innovative, comprehensive, and fully integrated management development program provides a vehicle for enabling managers and leaders to participate more effectively in their organization's OD processes. The concepts, models, tools, and other materials have been used successfully to train managers, leaders, and MD/OD personnel in organizations such as IBM, AT&T, Kraft, Baxter Labs, Sears, Caterpiller, and the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force. The accompanying CD-ROM contains customizable tools for OD consultants and facilitators as well as additional chapter material.